China's film box office is No. 1 in the world (13th Five-Year Plan·China Impression⑨)

　　Now no matter which city in China you are in, if you want to watch a movie, there are usually theaters not far from home, and there may even be several, and you can choose from various types of movies at will.

This is the result of years of development of Chinese cinema.

　　At 0:00 on October 15th, Beijing time, the total box office of movies in Mainland China in 2020 reached 12.95 billion yuan (approximately US$1.93 billion), which officially surpassed North America's performance over the same period. Mainland China became the world's largest ticket warehouse for the first time in history.

This news has aroused great attention at home and abroad.

Thanks to my country's strong anti-epidemic capabilities

　　Industry insiders generally believe that the most important thing about this achievement is that China's strong anti-epidemic capabilities have laid the foundation for the recovery of the film industry and provided basic guarantees.

　　Yu Dong, chairman of Bona Pictures, said: "This is a very remarkable achievement. This is not just a number, but also the result of the patience, persistence and active efforts of Chinese filmmakers under the epidemic." He believes that Chinese film Relying on endogenous growth and the internal circulation of the domestic market, the Chinese film market has revived.

　　Rao Shuguang, president of the Chinese Film Critics Society, believes that this achievement depends on the following points: the film industry is united and concerted; the government provides policy support; the audience's love for movies; and the help of stock movies, such as This year's National Day archive of 3.95 billion yuan was largely due to the films of "Winning Championship", "Jiang Ziya" and "Pioneer", which are also the Spring Festival files of the Year of the Rat.

Accumulation during the 13th Five-Year Plan

　　Many industry experts pointed out that the accumulation of Chinese films during the 13th Five-Year Plan period is the key to achieving success.

　　Cheng Wu, vice president of Tencent, said that in the past few years, thanks to the joint efforts of Chinese filmmakers, the total number of screens in China has ranked first in the world, and the entire industry has gathered strength and hit the middle stream, bursting with great vitality.

　　At the end of 2016, China had 7,877 theaters and 42909 screens. As of October 29 this year, the number of theaters had increased to 11,687 and the number of screens had increased to 71,290.

When the imported movie "Avatar" was released in China in 2010, it was gone forever due to the fact that the 3D screen was rarely difficult to find.

　　China's domestic films have continued to be highly productive. A total of 1,037 films were shot in 2019, and the quality has continued to rise in recent years, with more and more diverse types.

"Operation Mekong", "The Great Cause of Army Building", "Operation Red Sea", "My Motherland and Me", "Captain of China", "Win the Championship", "My Hometown and Me" and other new mainstream blockbusters have achieved both social and economic benefits. .

Last year, the box office of National Day files jumped to 5.048 billion yuan in 8 days. New mainstream blockbusters such as "Me and My Motherland", "Captain of China" and "The Climber" have made great achievements.

The technological progress of Chinese films is also obvious to all. The post-production of "The Wandering Earth" is all done by Chinese people.

　Enter the golden age of creation

　　"China's becoming the world's No. 1 box office is achieved under a special background, which can be used as a reference, but it should not be overemphasized, let alone blindly optimistic." People in the industry generally view this phenomenon calmly and objectively.

　　Liu Fan, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Art, said that the highest box office record in the normal North American film market is about $11.8 billion.

Our country still has a gap of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars.

If the domestic box office has grown at an annual rate of 5%-6% in recent years to catch up, it will take about four to five years.

　　People in the industry generally believe that our current film works are not a question of enough, but a question of whether they are good or not.

2021 is a critical year for Chinese films. Whether there are head works that are of good quality enough to drive the market viewing boom is a test for us.

　　Chinese films are entering the golden age of creation from the golden age of industry.

Rao Shuguang believes that every creator must work hard to practice internal skills, and at the same time, he should further give play to the supporting role of policies, carry out longer-term strategic considerations, balance the interests of all parties, improve the level of industrialization of domestic films, and attract more capital into the film industry. .

Chinese film has a long way to go.

　　Miao Chun

Miao Chun